silkies

Thought it'd be fun to have a chat thread, I often feel weird posting in other people's chat threads 😅. As the title may suggest I have no intentions to keep this to a particular topic, it'll match my brain :D. I'll likely chat about and post photos of any of my animals, from my chickens to my...

This gray silkie's comb is much smaller than my 2 definite roos combs, but larger than my 2 suspected hens combs. Wattles making an appearance. Thoughts?

What colors do you think these two silkie babies will be?

I have about 20 hens that just free range and they get scraps. I don't give them pellets or crumbles unless it's winter time. They have always been very healthy since they have 2 acres to roam and lots of bugs and plants around to eat, however I got 12 silkies and I want to avoid buying pellets...

Hello everyone! I'm starting to dream up some future breeds I want to create in the chicken world and one of which I need to produce a smooth feathered silkie. I'm wondering if a smooth feathered silkie is a genetic difference from the silkie feathering (if it just randomly pops out) or if...

I want to work towards BBS + paint in my silkies. I don't actually have a desire to breed splash right now, so it would be black, blue and paint. From my understanding if I bred a black rooster with my black, blue, blue cuckoo and paint hens I would get: Black, blue, cuckoo (males only), blue...

Okay so I looked to try to find an answer but I can’t! I understand some of the genetics of blue-splash-black but I’m still a bit lost. I purchased three silkies from a blue splash Silkie breeding trio. I saw the trio myself and they were in fact beautiful splash silkies. All three chicks I...

I have silkie chicks that are now about a 1 1/2 weeks old. I noticed last week, one had what appeared to be poop dried on its bottom, so I assumed it was pasty butt and brought it in that evening to try and clean it up! When I brought it in and started to try and clean it, I noticed that it...

Hi everyone. I have a 2 month old Silkie from a batch of eggs I got off of EBay. All the others have a flat comb still except for this one. I’m assuming because of the difference in comb (and it being large already) that this is a male? Bad genetics or possibly a Silkie cross?

In early April, I acquired 2 Silkies from a breeder who was downsizing her flock. She told me the 1-year old hen was already laying, and the other was of age (just over 6 months) but hadn't laid yet. I've now had them for 3.5 months and they seem happy/healthy, but there are no signs of laying...

Years past I worked to generation 6 a hybrid project utilizing mainly XL heritage lines of Blue Orpingtons X Blue Silkies to produce giant Silkies. Well I’m getting chickens again, itching to get Silkies, but would LOVE to pick up chicks from anyone doing a similar “sizing up” project. Thank you 😊

Her pompom was so big it was completely covering her eyes and she was missing out on all the treats. I did her haircut 2 feet from the chicken run. They all watched me do it. When I put her back in the run, my flock acted like she was a newcomers and started chasing her around. My Cream...

Hello, everyone :) This is my first post and I wanted to use it to clear out some doubts about fowl pox. First of all, an 8 week old plymouth hen started to show little black scabs on her comb and eyes 5 days ago, so I immediately proceeded to isolate her from the rest of the flock. I have...

I know there are a lot of threads discussing integration, but I thought I would just ask for advice since my situation is unique. I have two coops: the first is for my adult hens, though in the warmer months they refuse to sleep in the coop and roost in the trees at night (I've come to the...

These lil fellas are 5 weeks in a few days I know it’s to early to probably tell but what do you think 🤔 ? I got a roo feeling on the 2 lol they are Cochin silkie , black frizzle silkie and partridge silkie !!

Question about a silkie chick. I'm trying to figure out if dominant white could be making the dark skin look light for a newly hatched chick? I hatched one from the same parents a couple months ago (also white) and it hatched with light skin which darkened over a week or two. Now that chick has...

I am a newbie here! Got four silkies about 4 months ago. I believe I have 3 hens and 1 roo (but obviously cant be sure, but I am 99% sure). We got 3 polish hens today. My question is, what is the best way to integrate the polish hens with the silkies and when should I do it? The chicks are...

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I’ve been bouncing back and forth with this Silkie in particular trying to decide it’s gender. It is 6 months old. I’m leaning towards cockerel but not 100% sure? No crowing, no eggs (figured too young regardless). It does “call” the others over whenever I feed them though, if that matters...